Absentee Voting (By Mail)

Absentee Ballots must be received BY MAIL at the Election Commission office (P.O. Box 650 Nashville, TN 37202-0650) by Election Day in order to be counted.

How to Qualify for Absentee Voting

To vote Absentee (by mail), a registered voter must fall under one of these categories:

You will be outside Davidson County during the early voting period and all day on Election Day;

You or your spouse is enrolled as a full-time student in an accredited college or university outside Davidson County;

You reside in a licensed facility providing relatively permanent domiciliary care, other than a penal institution, outside Davidson County;

You will be unable to vote in person due to service as a juror for a Federal or State court;

You are sixty (60) years of age or older;

You have a physical disability and an inaccessible polling location;

You are hospitalized, ill, or physically disabled and because of such condition, cannot vote in person;

You are a caretaker of a person who is hospitalized, ill, or disabled;

You are a candidate for office in the election;

You serve as an Election Day official or as a member or employee of the Davidson County Election Commission;

Your observance of a religious holiday prevents you from voting in person during the early voting period and on Election Day;

You or your spouse possess a valid commercial drivers’ license (CDL) or you possess a valid Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) card and certify that you will be working outside Tennessee or Davidson County during the open hours of early voting and Election Day, and have no specific out-of-county or out-of-state address to which mail may be sent or received during such time.

Note: A request to the Election Commission for a ballot may not be processed more than ninety (90) days before an election. The last day to receive a request for an Absentee Ballot is seven (7) days before the election.

Permanent Absentee Voters

To become a Permanent Absentee Voter and automatically have a Request for an Absentee Ballot application sent to you before every election:

Your physician must complete the physician’s statement (included in the permanent absentee ballot form) certifying that, in the physician’s judgment, you are medically unable to vote in person. The statement must be filed no less than seven (7) days before an election.